Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

New moon

Index New moon

In astronomy, the new moon is the first lunar phase, when the Moon and Sun have the same ecliptic longitude. [1]

76 relations: Aberration of light, Agricultural People's Front of Peru, Amavasya, Astrology, Astronomy, Bahá'í calendar, Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'í Naw-Rúz, Barycenter, Báb, Birth of Bahá'u'lláh, Black moon, Blue moon, Chinese calendar, Conjunction (astronomy), Coordinated Universal Time, Crescent, Dark moon, Day, Daylight, Earthlight (astronomy), Ecliptic coordinate system, Ephemeris, Epoch (astronomy), Ernest William Brown, European Council for Fatwa and Research, Fiqh Council of North America, Full moon, Gregorian calendar, Hebrew calendar, Hebrew Roots, Herman Goldstine, Hillel II, Hindu, HM Nautical Almanac Office, Horizon, International Atomic Time, International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, Islamic calendar, ΔT, Jean Meeus, Julian day, Julian year (astronomy), Kurukshetra War, Light-time correction, Lunar calendar, Lunar month, Lunar phase, Lunar theory, Lunisolar calendar, ..., Mahabharata, Month, Moon, Naked eye, Orbital eccentricity, Pakistan, Pakistan Meteorological Department, Pentecostalism, Perturbation (astronomy), Planetary objects proposed in religion, astrology, ufology and pseudoscience, Ptolemy, Ramadan (calendar month), Rosh Chodesh, Sabbath in seventh-day churches, Saudi Arabia, Silhouette, Solar eclipse, Sun, Sunset, Supermoon, Tehran, Terrestrial Time, Tidal acceleration, Twin Holy Birthdays, Universal Time, Wet moon. Expand index (26 more) »

Aberration of light

The aberration of light (also referred to as astronomical aberration, stellar aberration, or velocity aberration) is an astronomical phenomenon which produces an apparent motion of celestial objects about their true positions, dependent on the velocity of the observer.

New!!: New moon and Aberration of light · See more »

Agricultural People's Front of Peru

The Agricultural People's Front of Peru (Frente Popular Agrícola del Perú, or FREPAP) is a political party in Peru.

New!!: New moon and Agricultural People's Front of Peru · See more »

Amavasya

Amāvásyā means New moon lunar phase in Sanskrit.

New!!: New moon and Amavasya · See more »

Astrology

Astrology is the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial objects as a means for divining information about human affairs and terrestrial events.

New!!: New moon and Astrology · See more »

Astronomy

Astronomy (from ἀστρονομία) is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.

New!!: New moon and Astronomy · See more »

Bahá'í calendar

The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badíʿ calendar (Badíʿ means wondrous or unique), is a solar calendar with years composed of 19 months of 19 days each (361 days) plus an extra period of "Intercalary Days".

New!!: New moon and Bahá'í calendar · See more »

Bahá'í Faith

The Bahá'í Faith (بهائی) is a religion teaching the essential worth of all religions, and the unity and equality of all people.

New!!: New moon and Bahá'í Faith · See more »

Bahá'í Naw-Rúz

Naw-Rúz (Nowruz; نور) is the first day of the Bahá'í calendar year and one of nine holy days for adherents of the Bahá'í Faith.

New!!: New moon and Bahá'í Naw-Rúz · See more »

Barycenter

The barycenter (or barycentre; from the Ancient Greek βαρύς heavy + κέντρον centre) is the center of mass of two or more bodies that are orbiting each other, which is the point around which they both orbit.

New!!: New moon and Barycenter · See more »

Báb

The Báb, born Siyyid `Alí Muhammad Shírází (سيد علی ‌محمد شیرازی; October 20, 1819 – July 9, 1850) was the founder of Bábism, and one of the central figures of the Bahá'í Faith.

New!!: New moon and Báb · See more »

Birth of Bahá'u'lláh

The Birth of Bahá'u'lláh is one of nine holy days in the Bahá'í calendar that is celebrated by Bahá'ís and during which work is suspended.

New!!: New moon and Birth of Bahá'u'lláh · See more »

Black moon

The term black moon refers to an additional new moon that appears in a month or in a season.

New!!: New moon and Black moon · See more »

Blue moon

A blue moon is an additional full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year: either the third of four full moons in a season, or a second full moon in a month of the common calendar.

New!!: New moon and Blue moon · See more »

Chinese calendar

The traditional Chinese calendar (official Chinese name: Rural Calendar, alternately Former Calendar, Traditional Calendar, or Lunar Calendar) is a lunisolar calendar which reckons years, months and days according to astronomical phenomena.

New!!: New moon and Chinese calendar · See more »

Conjunction (astronomy)

In astronomy, a conjunction occurs when two astronomical objects or spacecraft have either the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude, usually as observed from Earth.

New!!: New moon and Conjunction (astronomy) · See more »

Coordinated Universal Time

No description.

New!!: New moon and Coordinated Universal Time · See more »

Crescent

A crescent shape (British English also) is a symbol or emblem used to represent the lunar phase in the first quarter (the "sickle moon"), or by extension a symbol representing the Moon itself.

New!!: New moon and Crescent · See more »

Dark moon

The term dark moon should describe the Moon during the period when the moon is not reflecting sunlight towards the earth, but is now being used to define the last crescent of a waning moon and because of this, the duration of a dark moon varies between 1.5 and 3.5 days, depending on its ecliptic latitude.

New!!: New moon and Dark moon · See more »

Day

A day, a unit of time, is approximately the period of time during which the Earth completes one rotation with respect to the Sun (solar day).

New!!: New moon and Day · See more »

Daylight

Daylight, or the light of day, is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight during the daytime.

New!!: New moon and Daylight · See more »

Earthlight (astronomy)

Earthlight is the dim illumination of the otherwise dark side of the Moon by sunlight reflected from Earth's surface and clouds.

New!!: New moon and Earthlight (astronomy) · See more »

Ecliptic coordinate system

The ecliptic coordinate system is a celestial coordinate system commonly used for representing the apparent positions and orbits of Solar System objects.

New!!: New moon and Ecliptic coordinate system · See more »

Ephemeris

In astronomy and celestial navigation, an ephemeris (plural: ephemerides) gives the positions of naturally occurring astronomical objects as well as artificial satellites in the sky at a given time or times.

New!!: New moon and Ephemeris · See more »

Epoch (astronomy)

In astronomy, an epoch is a moment in time used as a reference point for some time-varying astronomical quantity, such as the celestial coordinates or elliptical orbital elements of a celestial body, because these are subject to perturbations and vary with time.

New!!: New moon and Epoch (astronomy) · See more »

Ernest William Brown

Ernest William Brown FRS (29 November 1866 – 22 July 1938) was an English mathematician and astronomer, who spent the majority of his career working in the United States and became a naturalised American citizen in 1923.

New!!: New moon and Ernest William Brown · See more »

European Council for Fatwa and Research

The European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR) is a Dublin-based private foundation, founded in London on 29–30 March 1997 on the initiative of the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe.

New!!: New moon and European Council for Fatwa and Research · See more »

Fiqh Council of North America

The Fiqh Council of North America (originally known as ISNA Fiqh Committee) is an association of Muslims who interpret Islamic law on the North American continent.

New!!: New moon and Fiqh Council of North America · See more »

Full moon

The full moon is the lunar phase when the Moon appears fully illuminated from Earth's perspective.

New!!: New moon and Full moon · See more »

Gregorian calendar

The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used civil calendar in the world.

New!!: New moon and Gregorian calendar · See more »

Hebrew calendar

The Hebrew or Jewish calendar (Ha-Luah ha-Ivri) is a lunisolar calendar used today predominantly for Jewish religious observances.

New!!: New moon and Hebrew calendar · See more »

Hebrew Roots

Hebrew Roots is a religious movement that advocates the return and adherence to the first century walk of faith and obedience to the Torah by seeking a better understanding of the culture, history, and religio-political backdrop of that era which led to the core differences with both the Jewish, and later, the Christian communities.

New!!: New moon and Hebrew Roots · See more »

Herman Goldstine

Herman Heine Goldstine (September 13, 1913 – June 16, 2004) was a mathematician and computer scientist, who was one of the original developers of ENIAC, the first of the modern electronic digital computers.

New!!: New moon and Herman Goldstine · See more »

Hillel II

Hillel II (Hebrew: הלל נשיאה, Hillel the Nasi), also known simply as Hillel held the office of Nasi of the ancient Jewish Sanhedrin between 320 and 385 CE.

New!!: New moon and Hillel II · See more »

Hindu

Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism.

New!!: New moon and Hindu · See more »

HM Nautical Almanac Office

Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office (HMNAO), now part of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, was established in 1832 on the site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO), where The Nautical Almanac had been published since 1767.

New!!: New moon and HM Nautical Almanac Office · See more »

Horizon

The horizon or skyline is the apparent line that separates earth from sky, the line that divides all visible directions into two categories: those that intersect the Earth's surface, and those that do not.

New!!: New moon and Horizon · See more »

International Atomic Time

International Atomic Time (TAI, from the French name temps atomique international) is a high-precision atomic coordinate time standard based on the notional passage of proper time on Earth's geoid.

New!!: New moon and International Atomic Time · See more »

International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service

The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), formerly the International Earth Rotation Service, is the body responsible for maintaining global time and reference frame standards, notably through its Earth Orientation Parameter (EOP) and International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) groups.

New!!: New moon and International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service · See more »

Islamic calendar

The Islamic, Muslim, or Hijri calendar (التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī) is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 months in a year of 354 or 355 days.

New!!: New moon and Islamic calendar · See more »

ΔT

In precise timekeeping, ΔT (Delta T, delta-T, deltaT, or DT) is the time difference obtained by subtracting Universal Time (UT) from Terrestrial Time (TT):.

New!!: New moon and ΔT · See more »

Jean Meeus

Jean Meeus (born 12 December 1928) is a Belgian meteorologist and amateur astronomer specializing in celestial mechanics, spherical and mathematical astronomy.

New!!: New moon and Jean Meeus · See more »

Julian day

Julian day is the continuous count of days since the beginning of the Julian Period and is used primarily by astronomers.

New!!: New moon and Julian day · See more »

Julian year (astronomy)

In astronomy, a Julian year (symbol: a) is a unit of measurement of time defined as exactly 365.25 days of SI seconds each.

New!!: New moon and Julian year (astronomy) · See more »

Kurukshetra War

The Kurukshetra War, also called the Mahabharata War, is a war described in the Indian epic Mahabharata.

New!!: New moon and Kurukshetra War · See more »

Light-time correction

Light-time correction is a displacement in the apparent position of a celestial object from its true position (or geometric position) caused by the object's motion during the time it takes its light to reach an observer.

New!!: New moon and Light-time correction · See more »

Lunar calendar

A lunar calendar is a calendar based upon the monthly cycles of the Moon's phases (synodic months), in contrast to solar calendars, whose annual cycles are based only directly upon the solar year.

New!!: New moon and Lunar calendar · See more »

Lunar month

In lunar calendars, a lunar month is the time between two successive syzygies (new moons or full moons).

New!!: New moon and Lunar month · See more »

Lunar phase

The lunar phase or phase of the Moon is the shape of the directly sunlit portion of the Moon as viewed from Earth.

New!!: New moon and Lunar phase · See more »

Lunar theory

Lunar theory attempts to account for the motions of the Moon.

New!!: New moon and Lunar theory · See more »

Lunisolar calendar

A lunisolar calendar is a calendar in many cultures whose date indicates both the moon phase and the time of the solar year.

New!!: New moon and Lunisolar calendar · See more »

Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.

New!!: New moon and Mahabharata · See more »

Month

A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which is approximately as long as a natural period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates.

New!!: New moon and Month · See more »

Moon

The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.

New!!: New moon and Moon · See more »

Naked eye

Naked eye, also called bare eye or unaided eye, is the practice of engaging in visual perception unaided by a magnifying or light-collecting optical instrument, such as a telescope or microscope.

New!!: New moon and Naked eye · See more »

Orbital eccentricity

The orbital eccentricity of an astronomical object is a parameter that determines the amount by which its orbit around another body deviates from a perfect circle.

New!!: New moon and Orbital eccentricity · See more »

Pakistan

Pakistan (پاکِستان), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاکِستان), is a country in South Asia.

New!!: New moon and Pakistan · See more »

Pakistan Meteorological Department

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (محکمہ موسمیات پاکستان, abbreviated as PMD and also known as Pakistan Met Office), is an autonomous and independent institution tasked with providing weather forecasts and public warnings concerning weather for protection, safety, and general information.

New!!: New moon and Pakistan Meteorological Department · See more »

Pentecostalism

Pentecostalism or Classical Pentecostalism is a renewal movement"Spirit and Power: A 10-Country Survey of Pentecostals",.

New!!: New moon and Pentecostalism · See more »

Perturbation (astronomy)

In astronomy, perturbation is the complex motion of a massive body subject to forces other than the gravitational attraction of a single other massive body.

New!!: New moon and Perturbation (astronomy) · See more »

Planetary objects proposed in religion, astrology, ufology and pseudoscience

There are a number of planets or moons whose existence is not supported by scientific evidence, but are proposed by various astrologers, pseudoscientists, conspiracy theorists, or certain religious groups.

New!!: New moon and Planetary objects proposed in religion, astrology, ufology and pseudoscience · See more »

Ptolemy

Claudius Ptolemy (Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος, Klaúdios Ptolemaîos; Claudius Ptolemaeus) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology.

New!!: New moon and Ptolemy · See more »

Ramadan (calendar month)

Ramadan (Arabic: رمضان) or Ramadhan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which the Quran was revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

New!!: New moon and Ramadan (calendar month) · See more »

Rosh Chodesh

Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh (ראש חודש; trans. Beginning of the Month; lit. Head of the Month) is the name for the first day of every month in the Hebrew calendar, marked by the birth of a new moon.

New!!: New moon and Rosh Chodesh · See more »

Sabbath in seventh-day churches

The seventh-day Sabbath, observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening (exact start and ending times varying from group to group), is an important part of the beliefs and practices of seventh-day churches.

New!!: New moon and Sabbath in seventh-day churches · See more »

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a sovereign Arab state in Western Asia constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula.

New!!: New moon and Saudi Arabia · See more »

Silhouette

A silhouette is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single color, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject.

New!!: New moon and Silhouette · See more »

Solar eclipse

A solar eclipse (as seen from the planet Earth) is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and when the Moon fully or partially blocks ("occults") the Sun.

New!!: New moon and Solar eclipse · See more »

Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

New!!: New moon and Sun · See more »

Sunset

Sunset or sundown is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon as a result of Earth's rotation.

New!!: New moon and Sunset · See more »

Supermoon

A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that approximately coincides with the closest distance that the Moon reaches to Earth in its elliptic orbit, resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk as seen from Earth.

New!!: New moon and Supermoon · See more »

Tehran

Tehran (تهران) is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province.

New!!: New moon and Tehran · See more »

Terrestrial Time

Terrestrial Time (TT) is a modern astronomical time standard defined by the International Astronomical Union, primarily for time-measurements of astronomical observations made from the surface of Earth.

New!!: New moon and Terrestrial Time · See more »

Tidal acceleration

Tidal acceleration is an effect of the tidal forces between an orbiting natural satellite (e.g. the Moon), and the primary planet that it orbits (e.g. Earth).

New!!: New moon and Tidal acceleration · See more »

Twin Holy Birthdays

The Festivals of the Twin Birthdays or the Twin Holy Birthdays refers to two successive holy days in the Bahá'í calendar that celebrate the births of two central figures of the Bahá'í Faith.

New!!: New moon and Twin Holy Birthdays · See more »

Universal Time

Universal Time (UT) is a time standard based on Earth's rotation.

New!!: New moon and Universal Time · See more »

Wet moon

A wet moon (also called a Cheshire moon) is the visual phenomenon when the "horns" of the crescent Moon point up at an angle, away from the horizon, so that the crescent takes on the appearance of a bowl or smile.

New!!: New moon and Wet moon · See more »

Redirects here:

Lunation, Lunation Cycle, Lunation Number, New Moon, New Moon day, New moon/details, New moons, Newmoon, Old Moon, 🌑, 🌚.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_moon

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »